A flower named for pierre magnol
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Pierre Magnol and the Magnolia
The Magnolia is the Star of the Garden Spring
No 30Id 259.17April 1. 2021 12:33 o'clockby Thomas SchürmannRead in: ~ 3 minWords: ~ 422tl,dr;
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Every year in spring, a beautifully growing tree develops into the star in our garden, the magnolia.
From now on, when I see them, I will also think of the French botanist Pierre Magnol, who introduced the concept of family for related plant groups into botany.
I think the magnolia fits perfectly into the Bergisches Land here in Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany, like no other flowering tree. The contrast between the bright pink and pink flowers and the grey, almost black slate is beautiful, contrasting and lively.
M. × soulangeana
The Tulip Magnolia
The magnolia is not so much captivating because of its fragrance as because of its blaze of colour, which is evenly distributed over the entire tree. As in many gardens in Wuppertal, we also have a tulip magnolia (M. × soulangeana). This cross between M. denudata and M. liliiflora flowers early in the year and is somewhat sensitive to frost.
It was probably the Pauline monk Charles Plumier, born in Marseille on 20 April 1646, who "discovered" the species during one of his three great expeditions for the French King
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Gardening: Pierre Magnol’s Legacy
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Magnolias
Painting of Caerhays Hybrids
by Michelle Bennett Oates
“No group of trees and shrubs is more favourably known or more highly appreciated in gardens than magnolias and no group produces larger or more abundant blossoms” stated the great Chinese plant explorer, Ernest Wilson soon after the turn of the 19th Century.
The purpose of this article and its associated pictures is to try to persuade readers of the validity of this statement and to quash some of the myths about magnolias being difficult to grow.
1. Historical Background
Magnolia was named by the Swedish botanist Carl Linneaus in 1737 in honour of the French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638-1715). The plant which Magnol had described is that we now know as Magnolia virginiana an evergreen American species which despite its name was already growing in Europe by the mid eighteenth century.
The earliest western record of magnolias in cultivation is found in Aztec history at the time of Montezuma where there are illustrations of what we now know to be the very rare Magnolia dealbata. This plant survives only in a few places in the wild and, although climate change is largely to blame, the natives cut the flowers for festivals and this prevents the plants seeding. It was foun